Composition studding



June 22 1926. 1,589,716 I C. A. PETERS COMPOSITION STUDDING Filed April 5, 1924 7 7 .17 I 4 a? il gmmvl'oz [ZarksJfler/fifers Patented June 22 1926.

UNITED STATES CHARLES ALBERT PATENT OFFICE.

PETERS, OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T0 PETERS HOLD- ING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OI CALIFORNIA.

COMPOSITION STUDDING.

Application filed April 5, 1924. Serial No. 704,383.-

My invention relates to studding and particularly to composition studding, and the general object thereof is to provide a reinforced. studding formed of plastic material. such as gypsum or plaster of Paris, mixed with. sawdust or other suitable fibrous material as a binder, which will be capable of the studding may be secured to either concrete or framestructures, as by embedding or anchoring" in concrete or nailing to wooden structures.

1th the forego1ngob ects in View, together with such other ob ects and advantages as may subsequently appear, my invention resides in the parts, and in the construction combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my studding.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the upper end of my studding taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section of my studding taken on line 88 of Figure 1.

Figure t is a fragmentary sectional per-' spective view of the lower end of my stud- (iing.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one end of the anchoring plates for securing the lower and upper ends ofthestudding in a building structure.

Figure Gis a fragmentary side view of the lower end of my studding, showing said end secured. by the plate shown in Figure 5, to the lower Slll of a frame building.

Figure 7 is a View in side elevation show-' .two holes 12 inits embossment.

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ing the manner of securing the lower end of the studding to a concrete floor structure.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of the reinforcement.

My studding comprises a body 1 of plastic material such a gypsum or plaster of Paris,

mixedwith sawdust or other suitable fibrous material as a binder, longitudinal reinforc in g rods 2, transverse reinforcing rods 3, pa-

per facing reinforcement sheets 4:"4: secured on the oppositesides of said body, and anchoring plates 5 for attaching the lower and upper ends of the studding in a building.

The lower and upper ends 6 of the longitudinal reinforcing rods 2 project through and beyond the lower and upper ends of the plastic body 1. The ends 7 of the transverse reinforcing rods 3 extend through and beyond the outer and inner edges or surfaces 8 of the plastic-body 1 on which sides there are no facing sheets 4 andprovidemeans for securing lath or wall board to the studding.

The reinforcing rods 2 and 3 may be of any suitable form but preferably are made of wire of serpentine formation'and are positioned so that the concavelsides of the longitudinal rods 2 fit within concave sides of the transverse rods 3, thus interlocking said rods together in the plastic body 1.

Each of the plates 5 is formed with a rectangular embossment 9 on one side which forms a corresponding recess 10 on its oppo' site side. Each plate 5 is provided with nail holes 11 in its four corners and with Each end of the studding is placed against the embossm e'nt 9 of a plate 5. and the ends 6 of the longitudinal reinforcing rods 2 are inserted through the holes 12 and bent over into the recesses 10 on the under side of said The plates 5 on the lower ends of the studding are nailed or otherwise secured their recesses 10 facing said sills or floor by means of nails or similar fastening elements 15, extending through the nail holes 11in said plates and engaging said sills or floor, thus firmly securing the lower end of the studdingto said sills or floor.

Where the studding is employed it in a frame structure, the plates 5 are secured by LSU nailing to a timber 16 as shown in Figure and where the studding is employed in a class A or fireproof building construction in which the floors and beams are formed of reiuforcei'l. concrete, the end .plates may be embedded in the concrete 1? as shown in Figure 7, thereby firmly anchoring the ends of the studding in the structure. The upper end plat are secured to plates or beams in a similar manner, where by the studding 11 will be securely. andrigidly held in place. The studding'iss'etin place with the end portions of the trans verse reinforcements projecting from the inneifiand outer edgesof the studding, constitutingthe sides thereof on which thewall facing is to. be.'for1ned,-.whereupon any suitable sheet lathing or composition board l8 may. be secured and .tied to, the stu ddingr by v engaging-the,latlronboard with theend, portions oftheftransverse rods 3-by bending the latter thereon, illustrated in Figured?) which. shows a wall board asapplied to the istudding.- Where the ordinary metal lath .sheets and projecting from opposite sides thereof, said longitudinal and transverse reinforcing rods being" embedded in said body, and means for securing the lower, and upper ends of said body to a building structure.

'2. A composition studding comprising a body of plastic ma'teria-hpaper reinforcing facing sheets secured to opposite sides of said body, and a series of rods carried by saidbody of plastiematerial having bendable end portions projecting from at least one side thereof, and means for securing the ends of the studding in a building structure; said rods being embedded in said body;

8. A composition .studdingcomprising a body of plasticimaterial, reinforcing facing sheets on opposite sides of said body, longitudinal reinforcing rods extendingthrough said body andxprojecting beyond the ends thereof, transverse reinforcing rods extending through said body and projecting from the sides thereof,.and means for securing the endsof thestudding in a buildingstructure.

t. Aromposition studding comprising a body of plastic material, serpentinereinforcing rods extendin throughsfaidbody and having their terminations projecting there- ;;rods, and meansfor securing the ends of the studding to a'building structure.

6 A composition studding comprising a body, of plastic material, a reinforcement includinglongitudinal rods extending through the, body and out the ends thereof, plates formed with recesses and provided with vholes communicating with said recesses,

,means for securing said plates to a building structure with said recesses facing outermost and with theends of the studdiiig resting againstsaid plates, and the ends of said reinforcing rods extending through said holes and bent over in said recesses.

7.;A composition studding comprising a body of plastic material, a reinforcement including transverse rods extending through said body and out through an edge thereof, means for holding said transverse rods I against longitudinal movement in said body, means for securing the ends ofthe studdmg to a, buildingstructure, sheet wall forming material,- placed against the edge through wh chsa d rods proJect, the ends of said rods .being bent to engage and tie said sheet material to the studding. I

studding comprising an elongated body, portion, of rectangular cross section -formed ofa plastic composition, paper reinforcing sheets facing opposite sides of said body, a series of reinforcing rods extending transversely through said body between said facing sheets and having their end por tions projecting beyond the faces of the body, said projecting end portions being adapted to be bent, and reinforcing rods extending longitudinally through said body with which said transverse reinforcing rods are engaged whereby the latter are held against longitudinal movement.

9. A studding comprising an elongated body portion of rectangular cross section, facing sheets adhered to said body on opposite sides thereof, serpentine reinforcing rods extending longitudinally through said body and a series of spaced serpentine rods extending transversely through said body in the direction of the facing sheets, the concave portions of which interlock withconcave portions .of the longitudinally extending rods, and the end portionsof which transverse rods project beyond opposite faces of the body portion and are adapted to be bent to engage sheet material to be carried on the end portions of said rods projecting beyond studding. the ends of said body, and a series of trans- 10. A composition studding comprising a verse rods embedded in said body having end 10 body of plastic material, fibrous reinforcing portions projecting from at least one edge 5 sheets adhered to opposite sides of said body, thereof.

reinforcing rods extending longitudinally through said body and embedded therein, the CHARLES ALBERT PETERS. 

